Today in creative writing Mr. Denk made us get into teams and stack some styromfoam cups. For this we got into teams of 6 and had one person stack, the one break it down, and just repeated this 2 more times. Our team was a beast, and we had to record time, i think it is actually a world record.
This cup stacking is very similar to way life goes. You keep getting built up only to get broken back down. When the cups are in their 3 formations, it signifies expectation, success, and happiness. But before you know it they are getting broken down into failure, tragedies, and anxiety. Like in life, it is just a recurring cycle. Other people affect results, like your team in this competition. You can only control your part of it, but you can be successful if you do your part. It makes everything better for the team, and you feel better doing it yourself. But one thing that you can realize from this activity is that you can still be successful and happy when the cups are broken down. After all, to win the game, the cups have to be in a broken down position, but at that point you have already one, symbolizing when you finally figure out how to handle the negatives in life and being happy anyway.
Happiness is a form of courage.
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